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Touring After the Apocalypse Volume 4-6 Manga Review

Everyone is dead, everything is destroyed, let’s go on a road trip! ― In the early volumes of Sakae Saito's post-apocalyptic landscape bike tour, we met Youko, a young human, and her companion Airi, an artificial humanoid of some kind, who are traveling around Japan on a Yamaha XT225, known as the Yamaha Serow. This small motorcycle allows for off-road and street riding. With no people to repair infr...
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Pokémon Pokopia Might Be A Lot Darker Then We Think

I wasn’t expecting a game that looked like this to have potentially darker implications! ― The Pokémon franchise has always toyed with the idea of utilizing Pokémon in creative ways outside of battling. In the anime, Pokémon are sometimes used to help out with infrastructure or power cities. In the video games, Pokémon abilities can be used to alter terrain in order to access new areas or solve puzzl...
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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2026, Jan 29-Feb 4

If Jujutsu Kaisen's ups and downs are giving you whiplash, check out Shiboyugi, a consistently high-rated little surprise. Find out what else is worth your attention in our weekly user rankings. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep...
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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Is Scarlet Mamoru Hosoda’s best film? No. But is it an above-average film worth watching? Absolutely. ― It's obvious from nearly the first scene of acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda's newest film that Scarlet draws from the Shakespearean play Hamlet. Character names and basic plot points are ripped straight out of the play—and Scarlet herself is an obvious female proxy to the titular prince. However, ...
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This Week in Anime - Artsy-Fartsy

Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. ― Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are n...
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Romeo is a Dead Man Video Game Review

A zany story and over-the-top characters, along with an avant-garde and polychromatic presentation, clash with somewhat simplistic combat mechanics and camera issues. ― Suda51 is a Japanese game developer who needs no introduction. Known for games like Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned, his studio Grasshopper Manufacturer continues to take the enigmatic approach in storytel...
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This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers! ― Hello, and welcome once more to another installment of This Week in Mobile Games, your actually-biweekly look at the latest in gaming on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In our first installment, I noted that while the line between mobile games and "regular" games on...
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Hana-Kimi Omnibus Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

It’s got its ups and downs for certain, but this omnibus of the beloved shoujo manga mostly remains a fun read. ― After a slow start, what better way to kick things up than with a school festival? Here we have arrived at one of the more exciting parts of Hana-Kimi's early phases. It approximates itself towards a tournament arc with the way it opens up; what better way to show off than by having the h...
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Game Review

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ends up improving on the original experience enough to make it well worth the time of anyone that wants to check out this early chapter of Kazuma Kiryu's sprawling life story. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties presents the Like a Dragon franchise at an interesting crossroads. Now that the series has achieved a degree of mainstream recognition and success that its original fans...
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Answerman - What's Really Happening With The Crunchyroll Store Delistings?

The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame. ― Anime fans ask: I've been following some worrying developments with the Crunchyroll Store lately and wanted to get your take on what's happening. You might have seen the news that the Crunchyroll Store is allegedly pulling low-selling in-stock inventory items. Word has...
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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Anime Series Review

There is a single joke at the core of this anime: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. ― There is a single joke at the core of Let This Grieving Soul Retire!: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. Now, you might think that knowi...
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Dorohedoro Anime Season 2's Visual Reveals Updated Staff, April 1 Global Debut

Miho Sugiura, Itsuku Onishi credited for art direction, color key in new season ― The official website for the anime of Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga revealed the second season's key visual by character designer Tomohiro Kishi on Sunday. The visual announces the new season's updated staff, and it also announces that the season will premiere on Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on var...

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Sentai Filmworks Screens World Premiere of 4K Restoration of Ninja Scroll Anime Film at Berlinale

Following 1st screenings in February, Sentai will release film in 4K UHD in early 2027 ― Sentai Filmworks announced on Wednesday that it will screen the world premiere of the 4K version of Ninja Scroll (Jūbei Ninpūchō) anime film on February 15 at 10:00 p.m. CET at Berlinale, the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. The film will then get encore screenings on February 16 and 22. This will mark th...
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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers ‒ Episode 6

It's a suitably dramatic escalation to arrive at, and it's almost immediately undercut by Samurai Troopers reminding viewers that it is still, in fact, a cartoon.
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Touring After the Apocalypse Volume 4-6 Manga Review

Everyone is dead, everything is destroyed, let’s go on a road trip! ― In the early volumes of Sakae Saito's post-apocalyptic landscape bike tour, we met Youko, a young human, and her companion Airi, an artificial humanoid of some kind, who are traveling around Japan on a Yamaha XT225, known as the Yamaha Serow. This small motorcycle allows for off-road and street riding. With no people to repair infr...
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Yonoi Tsukihiko's Happy Hell Manga Ends in Next Volume

8th volume shipped on Monday ― Hina Sakurada announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that the Yonoi Tsukihiko's Happy Hell manga will end in the next compiled book volume. Seven Seas publishes the series in English and describes the story: For the sake of her family's farm, Hanabata Mikan has been arranged to marry the heir of a food and holdings company, Yonoi Tsukihiko. Mikan refuses, saying sh...
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Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube #19 [rate]
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Journal with Witch ‒ Episode 6

Before this episode aired, I didn't know it was possible for me to feel ponytail envy. Now I do.
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Tamon’s B-Side #7 [rate]
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Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Game Adds Super Monkey Ball's AiAi on February 11

The official X/Twitter account for Sega's Sonic Racing CrossWorlds racing game announced on Tuesday that it is adding AiAi from Super Monkey Ball in a free update on Wednesday, following a delay from January to account for the game's Legend Competition schedule last month. The Super Monkey Ball Festival will run from Thursday to Sunday. The game will add Tangle and Whisper from IDW Publishing's So...
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Hell's Paradise Season 2 ‒ Episode 5

OK, raise your hand if you genuinely thought that our band of misfits weren't running into a trap!
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Usamaru Furuya Launches New Manga on April 11

Yumeji Ehon manga takes place in Taishō era ― The March issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original Zokan magazine announced on Thursday Usamaru Furuya will launch a new manga titled Yumeji Ehon (Dreamland Picture Book) in the May issue on April 11. The preview for the issue (pictured below, with Furuya's manga at left) teases that the manga will take place in the Taishō era. The May issue will publish ...
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Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None #7 [rate]
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A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation #6 [rate]
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Oshi no Ko #5 [rate]
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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table #6 [rate]
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The Darwin Incident ‒ Episode 6

I don't want to react to the portrayal of a school shooting with an uncertain shrug, but that's where The Darwin Incident has left me, at least at this moment.
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Hana-Kimi ‒ Episode 7

Because this is a 90's shoujo manga, their paranoia is well-justified – beaches are always hives of sex pests.
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To You in the Beyond Film Teaser Unveils Staff, October 9 Opening

TMS Entertainment produces Akiko Abe's story of boy meeting mysterious girl on island ― Shochiku presented an early teaser trailer for To You in the Beyond, the anime film of Akiko Abe's Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e novel, on Wednesday. The teaser announces the film's staff and October 9 opening. (Production companies Shochiku and Pony Canyon report that "international release details" will ...
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An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 #6 [rate]
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Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord #6 [rate]
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 ‒ Episode 19

Why did I have to get this flashback NOW?
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Pokémon Pokopia Might Be A Lot Darker Then We Think

I wasn’t expecting a game that looked like this to have potentially darker implications! ― The Pokémon franchise has always toyed with the idea of utilizing Pokémon in creative ways outside of battling. In the anime, Pokémon are sometimes used to help out with infrastructure or power cities. In the video games, Pokémon abilities can be used to alter terrain in order to access new areas or solve puzzl...

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Sgt. Frog Creator Draws Gundam Hathaway Parody Poster

Both Keroro & Hathaway do have daddy issues … ― The Sgt. Frog and Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway franchises revealed a new Sgt. Frog parody illustration of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe movie poster on Friday. Sgt. Frog's creator himself, Mine Yoshizaki, drew the parody to celebrate the theatrical release of the second Gundam Hathaway film. The poster features Sgt. Frog ch...
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Godzilla Minus One Actor Ryunosuke Kamiki Announces Marriage

Star of your name, Summer Wars married non-celebrity ― Actor Ryunosuke Kamiki, Godzilla Minus One's Kōichi Shikishima, announced on Tuesday that he had gotten married. Kamiki's agency Co-LaVo released a statement revealing that Kamiki's partner is a non-celebrity. As of press time, Kamiki's announcement has received over 36,000 likes and over 700 replies through his X (formerly Twitter) account, most...
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World's End Club Game Gets Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One Releases

Game 1st launched for iOS devices in 2020 before getting releases for Switch, Steam in 2021 ― IzanagiGames and TooKyo Games' World's End Club game launched digitally on the Microsoft Store for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on Monday.The PlayStation Store added the game digitally in July 2025.IzanagiGames released the game for iOS devices via the Apple Arcade in September 2020, and also released the ga...
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Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter ‒ Episodes 5-6

Episode six really digs into the idea that all of those fantasy lands who summon heroes or holy maidens are taking the easy way out.
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Killing Bites' Shinya Murata Launches Akujo Ranking Manga on March 9

Wakata Wakuta draws manga ― The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine revealed on Monday that Shinya Murata and Wakata Wakuta will launch a new manga titled Akujo Ranking (Villainess Ranking) in the magazine's next issue on March 9. Murata will write the story, and Wakuta will draw the art. Wakuta posted a photo of the magazine announcement in their X/Twitter account (seen below).今日発売...
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Live-Action The Flowers of Evil Series Reveals More Cast, April 9 Premiere

Nogizaka46's Aruno Nakanishi, Manami Igashira, Chihiro Sudō, more join cast ― The official website for the live-action series adaptation of Shūzō Oshimi's The Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana) manga revealed a new visual, more cast members, and the April 9 premiere on Tuesday. The new cast members include: (Top row, left to right in image above) Nogizaka46 member Aruno Nakanishi as Aya Tokiwa Manami Igas...
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Danganronpa 2x2 Game Previews New Scenario, Limited Edition in Pre-Order Trailer

Game launches for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox X|S, PC via Steam in 2026 ― Spike Chunsoft previewed the new scenario and limited edition Psycho Tropical Vacation Package for Danganronpa 2x2, a version of its Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game that includes the original title as well as a new alternate scenario, in a new pre-order trailer on Tuesday. The Danganronpa 2x2 Psycho Tropical Vacation Packag...
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Bleach Soul Puzzle Mobile Game Ends Service

Match-3 game debuted in September 2024 ― The official website for KLab's Bleach Soul Puzzle game, the first puzzle game based on the Bleach anime, announced on Monday that the game will end service on April 14. Users can no longer purchase premium currency as of Monday. The official website will close, and support for the game will end on April 14. The game features match-3 gameplay with special cut...
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Kodansha Print Club Reveals 8 More Titles Including English Debut of Omega of the Divine Manga

A Kiss with a Cat, Killing Line, The World is Dancing, more ship in spring ― Kodansha USA Publishing announced on Tuesday eight new manga for its Kodansha Print Club, a publishing program focusing on releasing print versions of previously digital-only titles. The new physical versions will ship in spring at local and online retailers. One of the series Omega of the Divine is debuting in English in pr...
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Voice Actress Nao Toyama Announces Upcoming Hiatus From Music

Final concert announced for March 11, 2027 ― Voice actress and singer Nao Toyama announced on Sunday that she will enter a hiatus from music as "a positive decision to deliver a culmination of her decade-long journey and to think about the next phase of her career." She also revealed that she will perform her 10th anniversary final live concert at the Nippon Budokan on her birthday March 11, 2027. Sh...
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Shanghai License Company Issues Statement After Chinese Social Media Criticizes Detective Conan Series for Collaborating With Banned My Hero Academia Franchise

China removed My Hero Academia series in February 2020 for using controversial character name ― The Shanghai Character License Administrative Company issued a statement on January 31 after Chinese social networking sites criticized Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan series for doing an illustration collaboration with Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia series. Chinese digital platforms had removed the My ...
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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2026, Jan 29-Feb 4

If Jujutsu Kaisen's ups and downs are giving you whiplash, check out Shiboyugi, a consistently high-rated little surprise. Find out what else is worth your attention in our weekly user rankings. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep...
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The Case Book of Arne #6 [rate]
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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Is Scarlet Mamoru Hosoda’s best film? No. But is it an above-average film worth watching? Absolutely. ― It's obvious from nearly the first scene of acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda's newest film that Scarlet draws from the Shakespearean play Hamlet. Character names and basic plot points are ripped straight out of the play—and Scarlet herself is an obvious female proxy to the titular prince. However, ...
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CyberAgent Turns Cygames Pictures Into Consolidated Subsidiary CyPic

Cygames Pictures becomes CyberAgent's subsidiary on February 27, changes name on April 6 ― Media advertising company CyberAgent announced last Friday that Cygames Pictures will become a consolidated subsidiary of CyberAgent on February 27. Cygames Pictures is currently a subsidiary of CyberAgent's subsidiary Cygames. Cygames Pictures will change its name to CyPic on April 6. Nobuhiro Takenaka will co...
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Crunchyroll to Stream Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Anime Film in Spring

Film to stream subbed/dubbed ― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, this spring in subtitled and dubbed formats. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired worldwide theatrical rights the film. The company opened the film in theaters in the United States on October...
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The Darwin Incident #6 [rate]
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Let's Go Kaikigumi Horror Comedy Anime's 2 More Cast Members Listed

Yoshino Aoyama as Shurako, Yuki Sakakihara as Doppelganger ― Ota-suke listed on Tuesday two more cast members for the television anime adaptation of Byū's Let's Go Kaikigumi manga. Yoshino Aoyama as Shurako, Mechako's cousin who plots to defeat Mechako and become the leader of "Kaikigumi" Yuki Sakakihara as Doppelganger, who can transform into any person The anime will run on TBS and 27 affiliated ch...
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This Week in Anime - Artsy-Fartsy

Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. ― Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are n...
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There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her #6 [rate]
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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers #6 [rate]
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The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter #6 [rate]
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Live-Action One Piece Series Season 2 Trailer Previews New Characters, Locations

New visual, message from Oda unveiled for season premiering on March 10 ― Netflix began streaming on Tuesday a trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line, the second live-action season, based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The video previews the characters and locations introduced in the second season: Netlfix also shared a new visual and a message from series creator Eiichiro Oda: The second sea...
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Romeo is a Dead Man Video Game Review

A zany story and over-the-top characters, along with an avant-garde and polychromatic presentation, clash with somewhat simplistic combat mechanics and camera issues. ― Suda51 is a Japanese game developer who needs no introduction. Known for games like Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned, his studio Grasshopper Manufacturer continues to take the enigmatic approach in storytel...
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Tune In to the Midnight Heart #6 [rate]
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Golden Kamuy Final Season ‒ Episode 55

Golden Kamuy is one of the most human stories I’ve ever experienced and this episode reminded me of that.
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The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! #7 [rate]
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Wash It All Away ‒ Episode 6

A wonderful use of music and chillaxed vibes are enough to make me overlook a few flaws here and there.
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Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season Announces 3 More Cast Members

Shūgo Nakamura, Atsushi Tamaru, Kento Hama play rival team members ― The website for Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season, the sequel to the 2019-2020 anime of Yūji Terajima's Ace of Diamond Act II (Daiya no A Act II) manga, announced three more cast members on Tuesday. The three are (from left to right in the image below): Shūgo Nakamura as Kōya Urabe, a third-year student and Norikane Academy's pitc...
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Needy Streamer Overload Anime's 2nd Video Unveils Cast Member, Opening Song

Anna Nagase voices café-working student Kache with opening theme by "KAngel" ― The website for the television anime of WSS (Why So Serious) Playground and Xemono's Needy Streamer Overload game (Needy Girl Overdose in Japanese) presented the anime's second full promotional video on Tuesday. The video announces and previews one more cast member as well as the opening theme song for the anime. Anna Naga...

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Hasbro to Make Street Fighter, Voltron Toys

Team them up with the Hasbro KPop Demon Hunters toys ― American toy maker Hasbro announced last week it is creating toys for both the Street Fighter and Voltron franchises. The Street Fighter line is set to feature action figures, other toys, and collectibles based on this year's live-action Street Fighter film. The Voltron toy line will also feature action figures and other toys but will add “rolepl...
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Digimon Beatbreak Anime Casts VTuber Hakui Koyori

Hakui voices Yume Ikuhara, partner Digimon Tinkermon in episode 19 on Sunday ― The official X/Twitter account for Digimon Beatbreak, the new television anime for the Digimon franchise, revealed on Tuesday that VTuber Hakui Koyori (right in image below) will voice both Yume Ikuhara and Tinkermon, her partner Digimon. The characters will debut in the anime's 19th episode this coming Sunday.The anime pr...
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Boston Red Sox Celebrate 3rd Annual One Piece Event on May 12

Get an exclusive Straw Hat Crew Red Sox bomber jacket ― Toei Animation announced on Friday that legendary anime series One Piece is returning to Fenway Park in collaboration with the Boston Red Sox baseball team for the third annual One Piece Theme Night on May 12. Fans who attend the event will receive a commemorative One Piece Boston Red Sox bomber jacket. The bomber jacket features the Straw Hat P...
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'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess #17 [rate]
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Fate/strange Fake ‒ Episode 6

Ayaka is a young woman ruled by guilt. Saber is a man ruled by his passions.
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BlazBlue Entropy Effect X Game Unveils Story Trailer

Game launches for PS5, Switch, Xbox X|S on Thursday ― 91Act streamed a new trailer on Monday for the BlazBlue Entropy Effect X roguelite game, introducing the story. The game will launch for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S on Thursday.The company describes the game:BlazBlue Entropy Effect X is a roguelite action game where players take control of 14 unique characters from the ...
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Trigun Stargaze ‒ Episode 5

Only an action sci-fi as nutty as Trigun can equip one of its most dangerous antagonists with a murder-saxophone, and somehow make it work.
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The Great Jahy's Wakame Konbu Debuts New Series on February 12

This year's 10th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Wakame Konbu will launch the Watashi no Koto Suki Janakatta ka yo!? (Wait, So You DON'T Like Me?!) manga in the magazine on February 12. The magazine teases the manga as a harem rom-com full of mistaken assumptions and people who think way too highly of themselves. The manga centers on a boy named Okabe, who has sw...
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 ‒ Episode 4

The date, as constructed, was a failure—but in that failure, it becomes a success.
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Crunchyroll Manga Adds 30 New Titles from J-Novel Club

Demon Lord, Retry!, To Another World... with Land Mines!, more added to app ― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles from J-Novel Club to its Crunchyroll Manga app:A Cave King's Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!A Late-Start Tamer's Laid-Back LifeButareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons...
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Abrams ComicArts' Kana Licenses Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World Manga

Asano's short story collection launches in English in November ― Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint announced on Monday that it will release Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World (Sekai no Owari to Yoake-Mae) manga, starting in November. Asano debuted the collection of short stories in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2005 and ended it in 2008. Shogakukan published a single compiled...
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Gnosia ‒ Episodes 16-17

I am frustrated because I feel like I am cooking my brain to reckon with Gnosia's convoluted web of a narrative without getting anything but more teases in return.
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Maki Enjōji Launches New Series in March

Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni debuts on March 6 ― The March issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Petit Comic magazine announced on Friday Maki Enjōji will launch a new series Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni (Even Though I Can't Even Utter Words of Love) in the next issue on March 6.The series follows shojo comic artist Riko Hiiragi, who is taking a break from romance. While attending the wedding of her ...
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This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers! ― Hello, and welcome once more to another installment of This Week in Mobile Games, your actually-biweekly look at the latest in gaming on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In our first installment, I noted that while the line between mobile games and "regular" games on...
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Dead Account ‒ Episode 5

Somehow, by some unholy anti-miracle, this anime's laughably bad animation and art style have stunned me again.
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Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga Gets Live Manga Performance at MoN Takanawa Museum

Performance based on Phoenix: Future Arc runs from April 22-May 16 at new museum ― MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives announced that Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix (Hi no Tori) manga is inspiring a live manga performance titled Mangalogue: Hinotori that will run from April 22-May 16 at the museum's Box1000 theaters. The performance is part of the museum's new "Mangalogue" series, which projects the manga...
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Mario Tennis Fever Game Unveils Opening Cinematic Video

Game launches for Switch 2 on Thursday ― Nintendo began streaming on Monday the opening cinematic for Mario Tennis Fever, a new game in the Mario Tennis series. The video shows Mario and Bowser playing a doubles tennis match against Peach and Daisy: The game will launch for Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday. The game introduces Fever Rackets, which give characters various abilities such as fire, ice, shr...
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Fire Force Season 3 ‒ Episode 17

Any episode that gives Ogun more screen time to kick ass and charm the pants off the audience is bound to be a good one.
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Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Game Adds Infinity Castle Tanjiro DLC on February 13

Infinity Castle Akaza launched on December 19 ― Aniplex began streaming on Monday a trailer for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, the sequel game to the 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles game, and it reveals that the fourth DLC character for the "Infinity Castle Part 1 Character Pass," the Infinity Castle version of Tanjiro, will launch on Friday. ...
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Hana-Kimi Omnibus Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

It’s got its ups and downs for certain, but this omnibus of the beloved shoujo manga mostly remains a fun read. ― After a slow start, what better way to kick things up than with a school festival? Here we have arrived at one of the more exciting parts of Hana-Kimi's early phases. It approximates itself towards a tournament arc with the way it opens up; what better way to show off than by having the h...
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Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet Anime Film Earns US$260,000 in United States

Live-action Return to Silent Hill film earns approximately US$5,544,971 after its 3rd weekend ― The Numbers reported that Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's new anime film Scarlet (Hateshi naki Scarlet in Japanese, literally "Scarlet Without Limits") earned US$260,000 at the United States box office in its first weekend. Box Office Mojo reports that the live-action Return to Silent Hill film has earned...
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Roll Over and Die ‒ Episode 5

This is precisely what I want out of their relationship—two “cursed” women doing the difficult work of undoing the harm others inflicted onto them.
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You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! #6 [rate]
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Game Review

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ends up improving on the original experience enough to make it well worth the time of anyone that wants to check out this early chapter of Kazuma Kiryu's sprawling life story. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties presents the Like a Dragon franchise at an interesting crossroads. Now that the series has achieved a degree of mainstream recognition and success that its original fans...
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Answerman - What's Really Happening With The Crunchyroll Store Delistings?

The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame. ― Anime fans ask: I've been following some worrying developments with the Crunchyroll Store lately and wanted to get your take on what's happening. You might have seen the news that the Crunchyroll Store is allegedly pulling low-selling in-stock inventory items. Word has...
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Sentenced to Be a Hero ‒ Episode 5

Sure, all the fundamentals are there, but they aren’t used in a terribly effective or creative manner.
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Golden Kamuy #55 [rate]
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Naver Webtoon Launches 'Flower Scholar' Character Project With Global Merch Push

Project features characters from Operation: True Love, My In-Laws Are Obsessed with Me, Can't Get Enough of You, Selfish Romance, The Fox Club ― Naver Webtoon has unveiled a new character-driven crossover project ahead of Lunar New Year, bringing together popular male leads from multiple series under a shared “flower scholar” concept. Titled Flower Scholar Squad, the initiative marks the platform's ...
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes #19 [rate]
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A Joyful Life Webtoon Gets Short-Form Live-Action Series Adaptation

Webtoon tells healing coming-of-age story about young woman trapped in a hollow life A Joyful Life, a girl's love webtoon originally serialized on Kakao Webtoon between 2023 and 2025, has been adapted into a short-form live-action series, marking another example of webtoon IP expanding into vertical video formats. Produced by KSNPICK, Korea's largest casting-platform operator, the short-form serie...
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The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife ‒ Episode 5

I don't think anyone ever feels comfortable being the least experienced one in a relationship.
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Wash It All Away #6 [rate]
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Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? Manga Gets 2nd Volume After Nearly 5 Years

Manga is sequel to Hirochi Maki's Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? manga ― Kodansha is listing a second volume of Hirochi Maki's Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? (Even Still, Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?) manga as shipping on February 19. This will be the first new volume for the manga in nearly five years since the first volume shipped in October 2021. The second volume ...
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The Stellar Swordmaster Webtoon Gets Mobile RPG Adaptation

Webtoon is currently available in 10 languages, has surpassed 250 million global views ― Naver Webtoon's animation and games subsidiary Studio RICO has officially begun development on a new mobile game based on the global hit webtoon/web novel The Stellar Swordmaster, the company announced on Monday. The upcoming title will be published by Studio RICO in partnership with Korean game developer CodeDr...
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Chained Soldier Season 2 ‒ Episode 5

If Chained Soldier is going to start cutting corners with the T&A of all things, then what are we even doing here?
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The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade Manga Ends

Series debuted in March 2023 ― Square Enix's Manga Up! platform published the final chapter of author Neko Suzumori and artist Ryō Miyama's The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade (Konyaku Haki Sareta Kōshaku Reijō wa Reijō no Kamen o Nugisuteru) manga on Monday. Manga UP! Global publishes the series in English and describes the story: After being publicly dumped by her fiancé, the Crown ...
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Toomics Denies Sale Rumors as It Seeks New Investment

Company responds after report earlier this month stated Toomics had begun process to sell management control ― Toomics, a Korea-based webtoon platform known for adult-oriented titles, has denied recent reports claiming the company is being sold. Sooseong Webtoons, the largest shareholder of Toomics Holdings, said on February 4 there is no plan to sell management control of the company, pushing back ...
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Manga Plus Adds Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! Manga

Manga launched in Tonari no Young Jump in March 2025 ― Manga Plus added Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! manga in English on February 5 with the first 38 chapters. Manga Plus describes the series: Is it intentional or innocent?! A messy-minded rom-com that lives up to its name!! Matsura is a calm, composed high school boy who's always lived his life putting up a front. He's good at readin...
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Kadokawa Releases 'Farewell, My Firsts,' Shino & Ren Manga in English

Farewell, My Firsts releases on February 10; Shino & Ren on February 13 ― Kadokawa revealed on Friday that it will release the following girl's love manga digitally in English in February:Title: Farewell, My Firsts: How My Heartless Childhood Friend Stole All My First Experiences One Bet at a Time (Shōwaru Tensai Osananajimi to no Shōbu ni Makete Shotaiken wo Zenbu Ubawareru Hanashi) Creators: El Kon...
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The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch Anime Announces Ending Theme Song Artist

Spira Spica to perform 'Tune Up' ― The official website for the television anime of Yōsuke Kaneda's The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch (Kuroneko to Majo no Kyōshitsu) manga announced on Sunday Spira Spica will perform the ending theme "Tune Up" for the series.The anime will premiere on the "Agaru Anime" programming block on CBC, TBS and 26 other channels in April.The anime stars:Kaede Hondo as ...
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Anime Film Gets Theatrical Release

Film to screen for one week beginning February 20 ― The official YouTube channel for Shingo Yamashita's Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Chō Kaguya-hime!) anime film revealed on Saturday the film will get a limited one-week theatrical run in Japanese theaters beginning on February 20. The below video features the ending theme, the cast's cover of BUMP OF CHICKEN's song "ray."    Netflix began streaming the f...

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Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Blackpink's Jisoo Name Their Favorite Pokémon

Charles Leclerc, Lamine Yamal, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Young Miko also star in Super Bowl ad ― Sunday's National Football League championship game, Super Bowl LX, saw Pokémon kick off its 30th anniversary with a commercial that asks, “What's Your Favorite?” The commercial stars musicians Lady Gaga, Jisoo, and Young Miko, along with comedian Trevor Noah, F1 Driver Charles Leclerc, association football...
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The Case Book of Arne Anime Casts Yūko Miyamura as Red Riding Hood

Phantom Thief Red Riding Hood appears in episode 7 on February 18 ― The official website for the television anime of Game Magazine's The Case Book of Arne (Arne no Jiken-bo) mystery game announced on Monday that Yūko Miyamura is joining the anime's cast as the Phantom Thief Red Riding Hood, who will appear in the anime's seventh episode on February 18. The anime premiered on January 6 on NTV and othe...
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Airs Super Bowl Commercial

Film opens in U.S., U.K. on April 1 & in Japan on April 24 ― Illumination and Universal Pictures unveiled a new commercial for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, during the Super Bowl LX game on Sunday. The film will open in the United States and the United Kingdom on April 1, in other select territories on April 3, and in Japan on April 24.Illumination founder a...
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NEJIGANAMETA's Ladies on Top Manga Gets Live-Action Series

ONE N' ONLY leader Hayato Takao, Donbrothers' Kohaku Shida star in role-reversal rom-com debuting on March 5 ― MBS announced on Monday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of NEJIGANAMETA's Ladies on Top (Onnanoko ga Daicha Dame desu ka?) manga that will premiere on the "Dramaphil" programming block on March 5.ONE N' ONLY group leader Hayato Takao (Yukari-kun wa Gap ga Zurui, Battle K...
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Observation Records of My Fiancée Anime's New Video Reveals 4 Cast Members

Ayumu Murase, Ayaka Ōhashi, Shun Horie, Iori Saeki join anime's cast ― Alphapolis began streaming the fourth promotional video for the television anime of author Shiki and illustrator Wan Hachipisu's Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess (Jishō Akuyaku Reijō na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku.) light novel series on Monday. The video announces four more ca...
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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories #5 [rate]
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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Anime Series Review

There is a single joke at the core of this anime: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. ― There is a single joke at the core of Let This Grieving Soul Retire!: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. Now, you might think that knowi...
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Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! TV Anime Unveils 4 More Characters, New Teaser

Series debuts in April ― The staff for the television anime of Kumako Hisama's Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! (Living Life to the Fullest in a Tiny One-Tatami-Mat-Sized Room) manga introduced four more characters and a teaser trailer on Monday.  The four characters are Michika Narumi (a first-year student at a different high school from Meiko's, who works at a cat café in the same building as Hedgehog), ...
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The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer #6 [rate]
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Journal With Witch #6 [rate]
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Hell's Paradise #5 [rate]
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DIGIMON BEATBREAK #18 [rate]
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Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power #6 [rate]
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The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom #5 [rate]
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Kunon the Sorcerer Can See #7 [rate]
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Hana-Kimi #7 [rate]
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Hana-Kimi TV Anime Presents 3 More Cast Members With 2nd Visual

Masaaki Mizunaka, Junya Enoki, Takehito Koyasu (in reprisal from CD drama) join cast ― The official website for the anime of late manga creator Hisaya Nakajo's Hana-Kimi manga presented the anime's second key visual and three more cast members on Sunday. The newly announced cast members are: Masaaki Mizunaka as Megumi Tennōji Junya Enoki as Itsuki Kujō Takehito Koyasu as Masao Himejima Notably, Koyas...

Dorohedoro Anime Season 2's Visual Reveals Updated Staff, April 1 Global Debut

Miho Sugiura, Itsuku Onishi credited for art direction, color key in new season ― The official website for the anime of Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga revealed the second season's key visual by character designer Tomohiro Kishi on Sunday. The visual announces the new season's updated staff, and it also announces that the season will premiere on Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on var...
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Kaya-chan Isn't Scary #5 [rate]

1st New Made in Abyss Anime Film's Teaser Unveils More Staff, Fall Opening

Kevin Penkin returns to score Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi, 1st of 3 films ― The "Made in Abyss FIlm Concert" debuted the teaser trailer for Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi (Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery), the first film in the new Made in Abyss anime film trilogy, on Sunday. The teaser announces more staff members and the fall 2026 opening for the first film. The newly announced staff members ar...
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You and I Are Polar Opposites #5 [rate]
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In the Clear Moonlit Dusk #5 [rate]
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